Child&#39;s seat



April 27, 1954 H. FLEISHER ET AL CHILD'S SEAT Filed May 16, 1950 2Sheets-Sheet l BY JACOB HOMER INVENTOR. HARRY FLEISHER mx m.

ATTORNEY April 27, 1954 H. FLEISHER ETAL 2,676,644

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Staten Island, N. Y.

ApplicationMay 16, 1950, Serial No. 162,356

Claims. 1

The invention herein disclosed is a childs seat, attachable over theback of'a chair or over the back of an automobile seat or the like.

Particular objects of the invention are to provide an attachment oraccessory which can be hung in position over the back of a chair or thelike, adjusted as to height, inclination and proper level, and otherwisebe made comfortable and safe for the seating of the child, and whichwhen not to be used can be quickly and easily folded for storage insmall space.

Other important objects of the invention are to provide a structure ofthe character indicated which can be readily adapted to various types ofchairs or other supports and which, wit-h all advantages, will be of lowcost, practical construction.

Other desirable objects attained by the invention are set forth or willappear in the course of the following specification.

The drawings accompanying and forming part of the specificationillustrate certain present practical embodiments of the invention butstructure may be modified and changed as regards the presentillustration, all within the true spirit and scope of the invention ashereinafter defined and claimed.

Fig. 1 in the drawings is a side elevation of the seat in the unfoldedor open position, ready to be hooked over the back of a chair or othersupport, with broken lines indicating the flat, folded character of thedevice;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the device with the chair back engaging sidesupports shown extended, but broken for lack of space;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged broken perspective detail showing particularly theadjustable hanger, the rotating lock for the same and extensible supportfor engagement with the back of the chair;

Fig. 4 is a broken, further enlarged detail of the rotary lock;

Fig. 5 is a broken perspective view of a modified form of adjustablehanger;

Fig. 6 is a back view of the device, with parts broken away;

Fig. '7 is a further enlarged, broken plan view of the swivel hingeconnection of the tray with one arm of the seat;

Fig. 8 is a broken cross sectional view as on substantially the plane ofline 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a broken side elevation showing the seat member partly foldedup toward the back member to expose the grooves in the side edges of thesame, for application of the loop or arch to hold the seat away from theback of a chair or other supp Fig. 10 is a similar view showing theholding member applied;

Fig. 11 is a broken part sectional plan view showing how the wire loopor arch is held in place when the parts are in the normal position ofuse.

As particularly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 6, the seating structurecomprises a backboard It, a seatboard I6 pivotally attached thereto at Hand arm rests I8 pivoted to the backboard at [9 and connected with theseatboard by pivot links 20.

The seatboard pivots I! are carried by the forwardly projecting, angledlower ends 2| of bracket bars 22 attached to opposite side edges of thebackboard and the arm pivots 19 are carried by brackets 23 projectedforwardly from bars 22, but to a lesser extent than the forwardprojection of the angle arms 2|, thus to cause the parts to fold up insubstantial parallelism, as shown in broken lines in Fig. 1, with thearm rests in a plane between the backboard and upfolded seatboard.

A tray 24 is usually mounted on the side arms '28 and the forwardofisetting of the pivots i1 and I9 further provides for this trayfolding up with the arms in front and extending above the top of thebackboard.

In this folded-up position the strap 25 which is attached to theunderside of the tray at one end and is snap fastened or otherwiseremovably connected beneath the seatboard at 26, will serve as a loopform of handle for carrying the folded structure.

The means for suspending the seat over the back of a chair or othersupport is shown as a pair of separately formed hooks 21 made of rod,tubing or heavy wire material and having angled or hooked lower ends 28engageable in selected slots 29, 30, in the side brackets 22.

The hooks are locked in the openings in which they have been engaged, byswinging or rotating lock plates 3| shown pivoted on the side bracketsat 32 between the upper and lower hook slots 29, 30, in position to havetheir upper and lower end portions 33, 34, engaged beneath the inturnedends of the hook rods, when said plates are pivoted from the releaseposition shown in Fig. 4 to the aligned securing position shown in Fig.3. Handle lugs 35 at the edges of the lock plates 3| provide for easyoperation and by engagement with the back edges of bracket strips 22,locate the lock plates in the securin position and prevent overswingingof the same.

While the lock plates will ordinarily hold of themselves in the uprightsecuring position, being balanced to stand in that relation in back ofor at the inner sides of brackets 22, additional precautions forsecuring these elements are provided in the present instance in the formof flat bars 36 pivoted on the back of the back member at 3111, inposition to swing out over the handle lugs 35, as shown in Fig. 3.

These bars 36 which can be pivoted to project from the side edges of theback member, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 6, may be swung out to hold theback member away from the curved back of a chair or like support, and inthis forwardly projected position of the back member it is highlydesirable that the hooks or hangers be thus securely locked.

The hooks are guided and held to the upper ends of the slotted bracketsby encircling loops 3'! shown struck out from the upper end portions ofthe brackets, and further shown in Fig. 3 connected with said bracketsat their upper and lower ends by short attaching strips 38, 39, whichare spaced from each other laterally as well as longitudinally so as tofreely admit the angled or hooked lower ends 28 of the hangers and so asto provide laterally spaced edges 4!), M, to engage opposite sides ofthe hanger rods, thus to retain them upright and aligned with thebrackets, as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 illustrates a modification of hanger bracket and hookconstruction, in which the hook rod 27 has a head or annular enlargement42 at its lower end to enter in one of the slotted sockets 43, 44, onthe bracket, the rod being guided at its upper end between laterally andlongitudinally spaced projecting lugs 45, 46.

While the pivoted bars 36 may ordinarily be sufiicient for holding theseat in position on a curved-back chair, it is contemplated that otheror additional means may be provided such as the wire loop 41 shown inFigs. and 11, having forwardly projected and substantially parallelangled end portions 48 to lie in the grooves 49 in the side edges of theseat member and provided with inwardly angled or hooked ends 50 to enterin selected openings 5! extended inward of the seat member from saidgrooves.

These grooves in the seat member can be exposed by tilting the seatupward, as shown in Fig. 9. Then the end portions 48 of the supportingarch 4'! may be entered in the grooves 49 and the hooked ends caught inthe holes 5| which will enable this arch to hold the seat properlyspaced from the back of a chair or other supporting object.

It will be noted in Figs. 10 and 11 that when the support 41 is caughtto the seatboard and the latter hinged down into supporting position,the grooved edge portions of the seatboard will be carried up behind theangled extensions 2! of the supporting brackets 22, thus to lock thesupporting arch in its position of use.

Thus while easily removable and replaceable, the supporting member 41 issafely locked and held in position once it is properly mounted. The tray.24 is shown as pivotally secured at one end so that it may be swunginto and out of position over the arms and hingedly connected so that itmay be dropped down over the side of the arm to which it is attached.

The construction for such'purpose comprises a hinge 52 secured to theunderside of one of the arms l8, Fig. 8, and having one leaf of thehinge angled at 53 to locate the portion 53 at the level of the arm,thus to pivotally support the pivot screw or pin 54 attached to theunderside of the tray.

Fig. '7 shows in broken lines how the tray can swing on the center 54carried by the hinge into supported position on the two side arms I8,and in full lines how the tray when fully swung open can be dropped onthe hinge center 55 at the side of the arm rest l8, as in Fig. 8.

The opposite or free end of the tray may carry a loop 55 to pass overthe other arm of the seat and a spring pin 51 to interlock with said armto temporarily hold the tray in position of use, or other such means maybe provided for the purpose The detachable connection of the strap 25with the lower side of the seatboard H5 at 26, permits this strap to bequickly freed when the tray is to be opened up and swung down at theside of the seat.

The structure is simple and sturdy and can be produced at low cost.

The device is fully adjustable for height and for leveling purposes. Itis safe to use in all positions of adjustment and when not in actual usemay be folded into compact space for storage or shipment.

While the supporting hooks or hangers are shown as separately formed, itis contemplated that these may be connected together at the top as acontinuous, one-piece hook structure.

What is claimed is:

l. A childs seat attachable over a chair back or the like and comprisingfoldably connected back, seat and arm members, hangers engageable over achair back or other support and having adjustable connection with theback member and means for locking said hangers to said back member inthe various adjustable positions of the same and including meansextensible from the back member for engagement with the support on whichthe seat is hung.

2. A childs seat attachable over a chair back or the like and comprisingfoldably connected back, seat and arm members, said back member havingvertically spaced slots, hangers engageable over a chair back or othersupport and having lateral extensions at the lower ends of the sameengageable in said slots in the back member and means for locking saidhangers to said back member in the various adjustable positions of thesame and including lock plates pivoted on the back member to swing fromposition clear of the lateral extensions into position holding saidlateral extensions engaged in the slots and supporting bars pivoted onsaid back member in position to swing into projecting relation atopposite side edges of the back member and in such relation to overliesaid lock plates.

3. A childs seat attachable over a chair back or the like and Comprisinga back member, brackets on opposite side edges of said back memberhaving guide means at the upper ends of the same and difierent levelslots in the lower portion of the same, supporting hock membersslidingly held by said guide means and having lateral and inwardlyextending elements at the lower ends of the same selectivel engaged indifferent slots and locking means for securing said supporting hookmembers so engaged with any of said slots.

4. A childs seat attachable over a chair back or the like and comprisinga back member, brackets on opposite side edges of said back memberhaving guide means at the upper ends of the same and different levelslots in the lower portion ofthe same. supporting hook members slidinglyheld by said guide means and having lateral and inwardly extendingelements at; the lowed ends of the same selectively engaged in difierentslots and locking means for securing said supporting hook members soengaged with any of said slots and including swinging lock platespivoted on the brackets between said slots and in position to engage atopposite ends the end elements of the supporting hook members engagedin'either of said slots.

5. A child's seat attachable over a chair back or the like andcomprising hingedly connected back and seat members, said seat memberhaving grooves in opposite side edges of the same, an arched supporthaving its opposite ends engaged in said grooves and the hingeconnection between said back and seat members including brackets on theside edges of the back member having forwardly "rojecting hingeextensions at the side edges ofem seat member to cover the groovestherein 'inthe lowered position of the seat member and v to expose saidgrooves when the seat membe folded upwardly.

References cu e iim the file of this patent UNITEDL'TSTATES PATENTSNumber Name Date 540,034 May 28, 1895 1,010,812 fttleworth Dec. 5, 19111,022,767 Beistl'e Apr. 9, 1912 1,192,798

Scott July 25, 1916

